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Journal Article

• Multiple forms of protein–protein and DNA binding are exhibited by BrxC from the BREX phage restriction system
  
  Kaiser, A. J., Readshaw, J. J., Doyle, L. A., Puiu, M., Kelly, A., McGuire, S. F., Acosta, J. P., Vu, D., Nelson, A., Smith, D. L., Araújo-Bazán, L., Arias-Palomo, E., Luyten, Y. A., Stoddard, B. L., Blower, T. R., & Kaiser, B. K. (2026). Multiple forms of protein–protein and DNA binding are exhibited by BrxC from the BREX phage restriction system. Nucleic Acids Research, 54(12), Article gkag651. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkag651
• tRNAs as toxin targets in phage defence and a focus of counter-defence against abortive infection.
  
  Arrowsmith, T. J., Puiu, M., & Blower, T. R. (2026). tRNAs as toxin targets in phage defence and a focus of counter-defence against abortive infection. Current Opinion in Microbiology, 89, Article 102697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2025.102697
• PglZ from Type I BREX phage defence systems is a metal-dependent nuclease that forms a sub-complex with BrxB
  
  Readshaw, J. J., Doyle, L. A., Puiu, M., Kelly, A., Nelson, A., Kaiser, A. J., McGuire, S. F., Peralta Acosta, J., Smith, D. L., Stoddard, B. L., Kaiser, B. K., & Blower, T. R. (2025). PglZ from Type I BREX phage defence systems is a metal-dependent nuclease that forms a sub-complex with BrxB. Nucleic Acids Research, 53(12), Article gkaf540. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf540